Senior SRE Lead: Automation & Large-Scale Compute

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and manage automation for compute infrastructure and services. You will drive operational excellence and collaborate across engineering, product, and support teams to maintain highly available, scalable systems.

The role emphasizes leadership, incident response, and a strong foundation in Linux, hardware, and large-scale distributed systems. On-call rotation participation is required.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience architecting hardware, software, and infrastructure at scale.
• Expert-level experience in a Development or SysAdmin role, working with large scale distributed systems.
• Ability to align with strategic business initiatives and coordinate the work of other engineers.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, mentorship, and interpersonal skills.
• Possess informed opinions on technology and software design to bring to the table.

Responsibilities

• Defining requirements as part of the product lifecycle to influence the new designs and standards.
• Providing support, leadership and motivation for project teams.
• Creating and maintaining SLOs and KPIs, collaborating with Engineering, Product, and Support teams.
• Engaging with our support, operations, hardware, and engineering teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problems, including incident management and post‑mortem reviews.
• Participating in on‑call rotations, guiding restoration and repair of service‑impacting issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentorship

Incident management

On-call experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Linux

Hardware

Distributed systems

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Lead Site Reliability Engineer to design, implement, and manage automation for compute infrastructure and services. You will drive operational excellence and collaborate across engineering, product, and support teams to maintain highly available, scalable systems.

The role emphasizes leadership, incident response, and a strong foundation in Linux, hardware, and large-scale distributed systems. On-call rotation participation is required.